We will beat Tech

[StallionsModelT]

The Sand Aggies will have a vey large contingent b/c:

Most of their students/alums are from DFW
Coach Ray Ban's first game
Any excuse to get out of Lubbock

Hopefully we show up and make it a great game. We should be well beyond the days of getting blown out by Texas f'ing Tech.

[sbsmith]

I just worry that the entire game all we will hear is "RAIDER POWER" like the last time Tech came to SMU. I brought friends to that game and they were going on about how bad they felt for the players, along with laughing at me/SMU.

You'll hear it every time they score, which Kingsbury's offenses have done very well against us the past three seasons.

[StallionsModelT]

Strangely enough we held the Aggie offense in check for most of the first half. If our offense hadn't set a record for 3 and outs in a half then maybe our defense wouldn't have been completely worn out.

[SMU2007]

Hopefully we show up and make it a great game. We should be well beyond the days of getting blown out by Texas f'ing Tech.

Uhh what gives you that idea? Have you missed the multitude of butt-whippings we have been on the wrong side of in recent years?

[ponyboy]

Strangely enough we held the Aggie offense in check for most of the first half. If our offense hadn't set a record for 3 and outs in a half then maybe our defense wouldn't have been completely worn out.

Very true.

[KillBilly]

The classless crowd at tech are mostly the locals, not the students. Tech is the only game in town for a bunch of West Texas rough around the edges types. This bleeds over some to the student culture but they aren't the base.

The same is true in Norman. Took me 3 trips before I finally realized it was the slack-jawed yokels, not OU students and alumni, that were f-bombing us out of the stadium.

[KillBilly]

Although i do wish we had a bigger fan base, if passion leads to the things i have seen idiot tech fans due i am fine right where we are. Rather be small then big and total idiots

Was going to refute that Tech's admission standards were 4th in the big 12, and then realized how bad the conference is in that area. I guess you have UT at the top, then maybe Baylor, then Kansas and then TCU. That would put Tech 5th. I would guess maybe OU is also ahead of Tech, but is that really it? Kansas st - definately not. WVA - nope OSU - no way. What an academic wasteland. Pretty good football though.

You would be wrong. OU and OSU will take almost any applicant from Texas. UT and Baylor have had higher admission standards than Tech for many years. TCU surpassed Tech recently. Not sure why, but admission standards appear to matter little when ranking schools.